Panther-G rear engine hatch

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littletankman
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Re: Panther-G rear engine hatch

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Hi Jrc. I dont know if you saw my post regarding the Panther G . Id like to know please the over all top half width and the turret width from the two thurthest outside points and the length of the turret from the rear to were it joins the mantlet please . I have put a post up regarding this . Thanks Andy (Littletankman)
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Re: Panther-G rear engine hatch

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littletankman wrote:the over all top half width (Littletankman)
do you mean top of turret?

if it is, sizes are 105mm, 150mm and 150mm
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Re: Panther-G rear engine hatch

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Hi Jrc....i got back from working away this thursday and went straight out the garage....the misses was well miffed....anyway, i started to drill out the rear hatch, but what did you do with the turret rotation motor?....in the pics its missing, did you leave it out for the photos or did you mount it somewhere else?....as its going to be well proud when opening the hatch i think...i wont be working on it till saturday now.....early start again with work...



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Re: Panther-G rear engine hatch

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the motor is still there, it was originally photographed when I had the motor off to give me more room.
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Hi jrc...thanks for the photo there, i also like the relocation of the power switch..

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Re: Panther-G rear engine hatch

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Hi Jrc . Thanks mate which one is the tank width and turret width please. ps your builds coming on well . My HL Panther G should soon be here from Dave.

Thanks Andy
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Re: Panther-G rear engine hatch

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hi Andy
105mm across turret top
150mm across turret base
150mm turret front to back
cheers
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Re: Panther-G rear engine hatch

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Hi Ross thats great thanks mate but when I said top I ment the tank body . Im workingf out if a HL Panther G turret will fit onto my Pantiger build . As I have narowed it but when I placed a Tamiya Panther G turret on it ment the top half would want reducing by another 5mm ?

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Re: Panther-G rear engine hatch

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hull width is 162mm Andy
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Re: Panther-G rear engine hatch

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Hi Ross, Thanks mate typical :/ My Pantiger conversion is 170mm so the Panther G turret will look odd on my tank , with the Chin converted . Oh well thanks mate

Andy :thumbup:
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